County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1870 and is in the courthouse in Berryville. Clerk Circuit Court has land, divorce records from 1870 and has records located in both Berryville and Eureka Springs courthouses.[3]

Carroll County, Arkansas

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.
The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]

1808 - The Osage ceded their rights to northwest Arkansas to the government of the USA.

1818 - The United States government established a reservation for the Western Cherokee.

1828 - The reservation was given up, and the land became the property of the federal government once more.

1833 - November 1, Carroll County was created

1840s - William and Charles Sneed were the area’s first settlers.

1840s - In the county’s early years, lumber mills appeared, farmers grew sustenance crops, and an abundance of game made for good hunting.

1879 - The use of mineral springs in the western part of the county brought a rapid population increase in the area.

1883 - The railroad reached Eureka Springs.

1901 - Additional rail travel came to Carroll County with the completion of the St. Louis and North Arkansas line from Harrison (Boone County) to Green Forest, Berryville, and Eureka Springs

1920s-1930s - Due to an economy based on agriculture, many residents had to seek employment elsewhere. Some headed to the oil fields in Oklahoma, others to California. Thus began a population decline that lasted until 1960.

Church Records

Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center, Springfield, MO: Eureka Springs figures prominently in the early 20th century pre-denominational history of Pentecostalism. The Flower Center houses a number of periodicals, photographs, and other archival materials pertaining to pre-World War I Pentecostalism in Eureka Springs, Carroll Co., AR.

[Chaney]: Chaney Log House (Historic American Building Surveys at Library of Congress)

[Gaskins]: Gaskins, John. Life and Adventures of John Gaskins in the Early History of Northwest Arkansas: True Tales by an Old Hunter. Eureka Springs, AR: Eureka Springs Historical Museum, [1980?]. WorldCat page

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office: Land patents for Carroll County can be searched and viewed online, with scans of the original documents accessible. Searching for Carroll County patents with no particular individual's name yields 205 pages of hits.

School Records

Tax Records

Tax records are housed at the county courthouse and at the Arkansas History Commission.

The Arkansas History Commission has two microfilms of Carroll County Tax records to be viewed in their research room. 1834-1838, 1840, 1841, 1844-1847, 1850-1853, 1855-1861, 1865-1868. These records are both poll and property taxes.